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  • Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2015Thursday, August 20, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

6 AWESOME Things About Being A Debut

We’ve talked so much this past year about the ups and downs of the publishing journey — it’s a wild…

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  • Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2015Wednesday, August 12, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Book Two, WhoooHooo!

YAY for second books! It’s so fun hearing about everyone’s sophomore efforts — and seeing how different the process has…

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  • Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Take Two? Take Five

This week on the Deb Ball, we’re talking about what we’d do differently the second time around. And honestly, I…

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  • Posted on Thursday, July 9, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Marketing Is Hard and Other Obvious Truths

Okay, so this week’s topic is marketing. As the other Debs have confessed, as writers, its one arena that really…

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  • Posted on Thursday, June 25, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Reviews: Read ‘Em & Weep (Or Laugh)

Not long after TINY PRETTY THINGS went into copyedits, Dhonielle and I chatted about reviews. We know the drill: Do…

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  • Posted on Thursday, May 28, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

#TinyPrettyThings Launch Week: A Big Blur

Dhonielle and I have been working for this moment for nearly four years now — through countless drafts, a couple…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, May 27, 2015Tuesday, May 26, 2015
  • by Karma Brown

Ballerinas Doing Very Bad Things: TINY PRETTY THINGS is finally here!

Note: Yesterday was our very own Sona’s book birthday – TINY PRETTY THINGS is now out in the wild, and…

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  • Posted on Thursday, May 14, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Tell Me Again How We Get to “The End?”

This week at the Deb Ball, we’re talking about drafts. And as much as I’d like to say I have…

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  • Posted on Thursday, April 2, 2015Wednesday, October 28, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Sona’s TINY PRETTY LAUNCH PARTY To-Do List. Or: HELP!

Tiny Pretty Things

Okay, so the lovely ladies here at the DebBall may all be like, Oh, I am so not a party…

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  • Posted on Thursday, March 19, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Taming the Hideous Green-Eyed Monster

It’s been ten years since my stint in Hollywood, and sometimes I still wonder “what if”? What if social media…

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